Fossil

Kabutops

FOFR24· Rare
Kabutops FO 24

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What the card itself says

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HP
60
Type
Fighting
Stage
Stage 2
Retreat cost
1
Weakness
×2
Number
24/62
Set
FossilFO
Illustrated by
Ken Sugimori

Its attacks

Sharp SickleLame-aiguisée

30

AbsorbVol-vie

40

Remove a number of damage counters from Kabutops equal to half the damage done to Defending Pokémon (after applying Weakness and Resistance) (rounded up to the nearest 10). If Kabutops has fewer damage counters than that, remove all of them.Retirez de Kabutops un nombre de marqueurs de dégâts égal à la moitié des dégâts infligés au Pokémon Défenseur (après application de la Faiblesse et de la Résistance) (arrondis à la dizaine la plus proche.) Si le nombre de marqueurs sur Kabutops est inférieur à ce résultat, retirez-les tous.

What to make of it

Have a look at what it does well, then at what will get in your way. After that you'll know whether it belongs in your deck.

  1. A strength

    Retreat cost 1. One Energy to discard and it is back on the Bench, which matters a lot on the turn you need to swap attackers.

  2. A strength

    Sharp Sickle hits for 30 on 2 Energy. Nothing in Fossil hits harder for that price.

  3. Keep in mind

    None of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read runs it. That does not make it a bad card — it means we have not seen it on a table yet.

  4. Keep in mind

    It is a Stage 2. You have to come through Kabuto to get here, or find a Rare Candy to skip the middle step.

  5. Keep in mind

    Weakness Grass ×2. Against a Grass Pokémon, apply that to the damage it takes — it climbs fast. Of the 3,811 tournament lists we have read, 2,350 run at least one Pokémon of that type.

Who plays it

None of the tournament lists we have read mentions this card. That happens with a card that has just come out, or one players have not tried yet.

When it came out

Fossil landed here on 10 October 1999.

Every set, with both of its dates

The other cards of this Pokémon

Two cards of the same Pokémon can be worth wildly different amounts — it depends on the set, the rarity and the artwork. We put all 18 Kabutops cards on one page, priciest first.

See every Kabutops card and its price